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Prieta, Arizona

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Prescott census division. It lies in ZIP code area 86305. It lies near City Hill. The Survey maps it on the Iron Springs quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Prieta within Yavapai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

300 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 300 fires within 5 miles of Prieta (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,172 acres in total. 73 started naturally. 12 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined103
Recreation and ceremony76
Natural73
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking10
Debris and open burning7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1995Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestEMANUEL
9 September 1995Natural1.0 acresPrescott National ForestGRANITE
8 September 1997Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestCAYUSE
5 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestMORGAN
5 September 1998Naturalunder an acrePrescott National ForestT.J.
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestTHUMB FIRE
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestCARNATION
30 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePrescott National ForestWILLOW SPRINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yavapai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Prieta (historical): 8 occurrences, 8 prospects, 7 unknowns, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gold, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Boston-ArizonaSilver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, LeadProspect
Boston-Arizona MineZinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Iron, MolybdenumProducer1937, 1952
Copper Basin PlacersGold, Copper, MercuryProducerPLACER, ALLUVIAL
Madizelle Mining CoSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Thumb Butte Con Mines CoCopper, Silver, GoldProspect
Tulip GroupCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverProspect
Granite PitsGraniteOccurrenceGranite
Granite PitsGraniteOccurrenceGranite
Indiana MineGold, Silver, CopperProducer1908, 1935
Last Chance MineGold, Silver, CopperProducer1937, 1941

Every working recorded in Yavapai County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Iron Springs0.8 miles27
Highland Park1.2 miles27
Granite Basin Summer Homes2.7 miles27
Deering Park Estates2.7 miles27
Wildwood Estates2.8 miles27
Forbing Park3.5 miles30
Rancho Vista Estates4.5 miles27
Miller Valley4.7 miles30

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q49064105The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 33197. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.